Resume

• 2016

  University of Delaware

  Northwestern University

  Evanston

  Illinois

  NIH Postdoctoral Fellow and IIN Postdoctoral Fellow

• 2006

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

  Bioengineering

  Rice University

• 2005

  University of Oklahoma

  Rice University

  Helen F Graham Cancer Center and Research Institute

  Christiana Care Health System

  University of Delaware

  Northwestern University

  Houston

  Texas

  NSF Graduate Fellow

  HHMI Graduate Fellow

  and Rice President's Graduate Fellow

  Rice University

  Newark

  Delaware

  Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

  University of Delaware

  Norman

  Oklahoma

  Undergraduate Researcher

  University of Oklahoma

  Newark

  Delaware

  Helen F Graham Cancer Center and Research Institute

  Christiana Care Health System

• 2002

  2018 Young Innovator in Nanobiotechnology

  Nano Research Journal\n2018 Young Innovator in Cellular & Molecular Bioengineering

  CMBE Journal\n2017 NSF CAREER Award\n2016 NIH/NIGMS R35 MIRA Grant Recipient\n2015 W.M. Keck Foundation Science & Engineering Research Grant Recipient\n2014 BMES Innovation & Career Development Award\n2013 ASME NEMB Outstanding Paper Award\n2012-2013 NIH NRSA Postdoctoral Fellow\n2011-2013 IIN Postdoctoral Fellow\n2012 Katten Muchin Rosenman Travel Scholarship\n2010 Edgar O'Rear Travel Grant\n2010 3rd Best Poster

  Bioscience Research Collaborative Grand Opening\n2009 Outstanding Graduate Student Service Award

  Rice University Dept. of Bioengineering\n2009 Abstract Winner

  Emerging Technologies

  TAMEST Frontiers of Cancer Research Conference\n2007 Travel Award

  ESF-EMBO Symposium on Probing Interactions Between Nanoparticles and Biological Systems\n2007-2010 NSF Graduate Fellow\n2006-2010 Rice President's Graduate Fellow\n2006-2008 HHMI Med Into Grad Fellow\n2006-2007 Alpha Lambda Delta Dorothy Anderson Graduate Fellow\n2006 Carl Albert Award

  Top senior in the College of Arts & Sciences

  University of Oklahoma\n2006 Letzeiser Honor List

  Top 13 OU graduating women\n2006 Fowler Prize

  Outstanding physics senior at OU

  List of Honors & Awards

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.)

  Minor in Mathematics\nSumma Cum Laude

  Physics

  University of Oklahoma

• Bacterial Culture

  Cell Culture

  Immunohistochemistry

  Bioengineering

  Confocal Microscopy

  ICP-MS

  Microscopy

  Biochemistry

  Nanoparticles

  Two-photon Microscopy

  Nanotechnology

  Cancer

  Biomedical Engineering

  Oligonucleotide Synthesis

  Cancer Research

  Chemistry

  Oncology

  RT-PCR

  Scanning Electron Microscopy

  Nanomaterials

  Nanoparticle-mediated gene regulation as a novel strategy for cancer therapy

  Nanoparticle-mediated gene regulation as a novel strategy for cancer therapy

  Spherical nucleic acid architecture can improve the efficacy of polycation-mediated siRNA delivery

  Quantification of siRNA duplexes bound to gold nanoparticles surfaces

  Margaret Billingsley

  Antibody-nanoparticle conjugates to enhance the sensitivity of ELISA-based detection methods

  Investigating the role of Hedgehog/GLI1 signaling in glioblastoma cell response to temozolomide

  Alexander Stegh

  miR-182 integrates apoptosis

  growth

  and differentiation programs in glioblastoma

  Evaluating the mechanisms of light-triggered siRNA release from nanoshells for temporal control over gene regulation

  Layer-by-layer assembled gold nanoshells for the intracellular delivery of miR-34a

  Rebekah Drezek

  Nicholas Riggall

  Antibody-Conjugated Gold-Gold Sulfide Nanoparticles as Multifunctional Agents for Imaging and Therapy of Breast Cancer

  Jilian Melamed

  Nanoshell-mediated photothermal therapy can enhance chemotherapy in inflammatory breast cancer cells

  Susan Blaney

  Caterina Kaffes

  Janice Zawaski

  Patrick Thompson

  Linna Zhang

  Vascular-targeted photothermal therapy of an orthotopic murine glioma model

  Rebekah Drezek

  Nastassja Lewinski

  A New Era for Cancer Treatment: Gold Nanoparticle-Mediated Thermal Therapies

  Gold nanoparticle-mediated photothermal therapy: applications and opportunities for multimodal cancer treatment

  Using gold nanoparticles to disrupt the tumor microenvironment: An emerging therapeutic strategy.

  Frizzled7 Antibody-Functionalized Nanoshells Enable Multivalent Binding for Wnt Signaling Inhibition in Triple Negative Breast Cancer Cells

  Elucidating the Fundamental Mechanisms of Cell Death Triggered by Photothermal Therapy

  Spherical nucleic acids: therapeutic potential

  Spherical Nucleic Acid Nanoparticle Conjugates as an RNAi-Based Therapy for Glioblastoma

  Susan Blaney

  Rebekah Drezek

  Nabil Ahmed

  Nastassja Lewinski

  Linna Zhang

  Patrick Thompson

  Nanoshell-Mediated Photothermal Therapy Improves Survival in a Murine Glioma Model

  Advances in targeted nanotherapeutics: from bioconjugation to biomimicry

  Emily

  Day